of the problem is that thanks to republican objections to our efforts to provide help for states and city, a lot of teachers have been fired. a lot of social workers and municipal employees age, in fact, private sector jobs have gone up by 4 million under president obama. public sector jobs have dropped by over 600,000. >> congresswoman, let's get you to respond to that. >> george, unemployment among women was 7% when this president took office and it's 8.1% today and you have seen women in the last year lose jobs, and that is something you can go look at the bureau of labor stats. it is there. i have great empathy for those women who are fighting, struggling, supporting their families. you know, the price of gas has gone up at the pump. they're concerned about that. the price of groceries, every time they go fill the cart, when i'm in the grocery store, i will talk to women about these issues, and i've got to tell you, the number one thing they talk about is jobs. the economy, they're concerned with what's happening with the debt in this nation. they're concerned about how the burden of